It’s Time To Take Action

I’m on a mission to help leaders who really give a sh*t create massive impact through speaking.

I've been the "secret weapon" for leaders who give major keynotes on massive stages (TED, TED AI, SXSW, CES, Cannes Lions, WEF, IMF, Web Summit, Wisdom 2.0, Women@Google, NPR, and dozens of global industry conferences) and I can help you.

I teach the Science + Soul of Speaking ™

Across my 30-year career, I've trained and coached over 80,000 executives and high-performing employees in some of the world's top organizations and I’ve used my method as Head of Speaker Coaching for TED AI.

I help accomplished professionals ignite movements and seed lasting change with their signature keynotes.

I have a deep commitment to JEDI principles (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) and I have decades of experience coaching and advising cross-cultural business ventures. I’ve delivered more than 300 keynotes at conferences in the U.S. and abroad, and I’ve worked in 25 countries for extended periods of time. I spent six years living in Europe, Australia, Asia, and South America and I continue to work across cultures today.

  • I’m a trusted advisor to C-Suite Leaders making global impact

  • My work has been featured in USA Today and on NPR. 

  • I received my M.A. in Speech Communication from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at NYU

  • I served on the boards of Latina Geeks and BUILD

  • Memberships: UN Women USA, American Association for the Advancement of Science

I take my work seriously but I never take myself too seriously. (Psst! You shouldn’t either.)

You should know…

I will dance to just about anything and don’t test me at a karaoke bar. I have a killer combination: no talent and no shame. (Just because I can’t sing doesn’t mean I won’t sing.)

I have appeared (and won!) on multiple game shows. (I know a ton of random trivia and I can jump up and down excitedly on command. Don’t judge me…) Those game shows funded part of my grad school tuition plus an incredible solo backpacking trip to South America. (10 months, 10 countries and about 10,000 delicious and mysterious street food meals!)

Today, I live in the Bay Area on a beautiful island with my family. In between the occasional “Mom, you’re embarrassing me” eye rolls, there’s witty repartee and dancing in the kitchen. My kid makes me smile 1,000 times a day.

All this to say: I’m up for a good time.

So as we build your speech-crafting chops, we will have a good time.

The experienced leaders, founders, experts, authors, speakers and trainers I work with are the real deal. 

By real deal, I mean professionals already making a significant impact in their fields. 

In other words: you’ve got 15+ years of significant accomplishments or you’ve created something that’s so necessary and extraordinary that its impact is already being felt. 

You know you’re on the cusp of a new level of influence; you’re doing work that creates change in the world; you’re professionally credible and your track record proves it -- and now’s the time for you to step forward and bring your change-making work into a bigger arena. (Literally and metaphorically.)

  • I don’t work with people who want to be “old school” professional motivational speakers.

  • I don’t work with people who want to just sell from the stage. 

  • I don’t work with people who are using speaking to establish a professional credibility that they haven’t yet earned.

I specifically work with accomplished professionals who are already doing incredible work and now need to speak about it on bigger stages.

If this sounds like you, then I invite you to check out the ways we can work together and book a call to figure out if we’re a fit.